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Word: Diaeresis
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (denoting the division of one syllable into two): via Latin from Greek diairesis ‘separation’, from diairein ‘take apart’, from dia ‘apart’ + hairein ‘take’
dʌɪˈɪərɪsɪs
dʌɪˈɛrɪsɪs
a mark (¨) placed over a vowel to indicate that it is sounded separately, as in naïve, Brontë.
Short Definition:mark (¨) placed over vowel to indicate that it is sounded separately, as in naïve
a natural rhythmic break in a line of verse where the end of a metrical foot coincides with the end of a phrase.
Short Definition:natural rhythmic break in line of verse where end of metrical foot coincides with end of phrase
- dieresis
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